Undergarment



V. PAOLU CCI UNDERGARMENT l Dec. 24, 1935.

Filed Nov. 20, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 NMN Somm%% INVENTOR. V//vE/vr H404 acc BY M MM 84M ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 24, 1935 PATENT oFFlcE UNDERGARMENT Vincent Paolucci, Cleveland, Ohio Application November 20, 1934, Serial No. 753,948

This invention relates to mens garments such as union suits, bathing suits, and drawers. It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a gar'ment having as an integral part thereof an' improved form of suspensory that is so designed and built into the garment as to efficiently accomplish the purposes of a suspensory and afford a maximum of comfort to the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment of the kindabove referred to that will be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and which may be sold at a moderate price.

Other objects ,of the' invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, of whichv Figure 1 is a front elevation of drawers embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof as seen from Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a central section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is the pattern for one of the legs of the garment; y

Fig. 6 is the pattern for the seat portion;

Fig. 7 is the pattern for pne of the front pieces;

Fig. 8 is the pattern for the top or belt portion;

Fig. 9 shows one of the frontV pieces as folded and ready to be sewed to the other parts of the garment; and

Fig. 10 illustrates the two front pieces as sewed together prior to being sewed to the other parts of the garment.

Referring to the drawings; III indicates the upper front portion of the garment which may be formed with the usual vertically extending opening that is closed by overlapping the side portions,

asindicated at I I, and securing these portionstogether by means of buttons I2 or in any other suitable manner. The leg portions of the garment are indicated at I3 and I4.

The crotch portion of the garment is substantially hammock-shaped as indicated at I5 and the forward edge of this portion is formed with folds I6 and I1 which are attached at the middie of the front of the garment, as indicated at I8, and at the Widely spaced points I9 and 20 which are higher up on the front of the garment than the point I8. The front of the garment is also formed with folds 2I andf22 which are attached at the point I8 and also at the points 23 and 24, the latter points being at some distance below the points I9 and 20, as will. be seen from `s claims. (ci. 12s-159) Fig. 1. It will also be noted from this figure of the drawings that thea folds I6 and 2l form the pleat 25 which is common to both. In a similar manner, the folds I'I and 22 have a pleat 2S that is common to both. 5

The lateral edges 21 and 28 of the crotch portion I 5 are folded and connect the crotch portion with the inner sides of the legs of the garment,I as will be best seen from Fig. 1.

Referring to Figs. 5 to 10, showing the pieces 10 of the pattern, one of the leg patterns is shown in Fig. 5, the bottom edge being indicated at 30, and thev edges 3| form the seam 32. The seat pattern 33, shown in Fig. 6, has its edge 34 sewed to the edge 35 of one of the leg patterns to form 15 a seam 36 and the opposite edge of the seat pattern is sewed to the edge 35 of the other leg pattern to form the other seam 36.

The front is formed by two of the pieces shown in Fig. 7. These pieces are iirst folded as shown 20 in Fig. 9, and. the folds sewed together between the points 31 and 38 which correspond, respectively, with the points I9, 24 and 20, 23 in Fig. 1. The edges 39 are sewed to the edges 40 of the leg patterns to form the seams 4I. vThe edges 42 25 are sewed to the edges 43 of the leg patterns to form the seams 44. The curved edges of the two front pieces between the points 45 and 46 are straightened out and sewed together to form the seam 41 and the edges 48 of said front pieces be- 30 tween the points 46 and 49 are sewed to the edge 50 of the seat pattern to form the seam 5I. 'Ihe extensions 52 on the front pieces are folded and separately sewed in the usual manner to form the opening in the front of the garment and the top 35 or belt pattern 53 is sewed in place as indicated in Fig.'1, to complete the garment.

A garment constructed as above described and illustrated provides a hanmiock-shaped suspensory which is capable of taking the shape indicated at 29 in Figs. 1 and 4, and the arrangement of the various pleats, as described, provides the necessary fullness to permit the crotch portion of the garment to adapt itself to the wearer so as to 4,5V

eiiiciently accomplish the purposes of a suspensory and, at the same time, give comfort to the wearer.

In the illustrations I have indicated the various seams and the manner in which the material 50 may be cutv and sewn together to form the construction as described, but itl will be understood that the various parts of the garment may be otherwise cut and sewn together to produce substantially the same construction and results with- 5 out departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. An undergarment comprising a crotch portion which is substantially hammock-shaped and has its forward part attached at the middle thereof to the front of the garment, said crotch por-\ tion being provided with-folds at the edges thereof which extend from front toward the back and with the forward ends of said edges attached to the front of the garment at points which arerelatively widely separated and substantially higher on the front of the garment than the point of attachment of the middle of said crotch portion, and the forward part of said crotch portion being provided with loose folds between said points of attachment.

2. An undergarment comprising a crotch portion which is substantially hammock-shaped and has its forward part attached at the middle thereof to the front of the garment, said crotch portion being provided with folds at the edges thereof which extend from front toward the back and with the forward ends of said edges attached ,to the front of the garment at points which are relatively widely separatedv and substantially higher on the front of the garment than the point of attachment of the middle of said crotch portion, andthe forward edge of said crotch portion being provided with folds which are free except at said three points of attachment and said folds providing fullness between said points of attachment.

3. An undergarment comprising a crotch portion which is substantially hammock-shaped and has its forward part attached at the middle thereof to the front of the garment, said crotch portion being provided with folds at the edges thereof which extend from front toward the back and with the forward ends of said edges attached to the front of the garment at points,which are relatively widely separated and substantially higher on the front of the garment than the point of attachment of the middle of said crotch portion, the forward edge of said 'crotch portion being provided with folds which are free except at said three points of attachment and said folds providing fullness between said points of attachment, and there being folds formed in the front of the garment which with the first mentioned folds form pleats to provide fullness between said points of attachment.

4. An undergarment comprising a crotch portion which is substantially hammock-shaped and provided with folds on its forward edge, said forward edge being attached at its middle to -the front of the garment and at its ends being attached to the front of the garment at points that are higher than the middle point of attachment, and the front of the garment being provided with folds which are attached at the middle of the aoaasot front and at their opposite ends are attached to the front at points below the points of attachment of the ends of the first-mentioned folds.

5. An undergarment comprising a crotch portion which is substantially hammock-shaped and 5 provided with folds on its forward edge, said forward edge being attached at its middle to the front of the garment and at its ends being attached to the front of the garment at points that are higher than the middle point of attachment, the front of the garment being provided with folds which are attached at the middle of the front and at their opposite ends are attached to the front at points below the points of attachment of the ends of the first-mentioned folds, l5 and the folds which are on the same side of the middle forming pleats between said crotch portion and the front of the garment.

6. An undergarment comprising a crotch pornon which is substantially hammock-shapea'and 2o provided with folds on its forward edge, said forward edge being attached at its middle to the front of the garment and at its ends being attached to the front of the garment at points that are higher than the middle point of attachment, 25

the front of the garment being provided with folds which are attached at the middle of the front and at their opposite ends are attached to the front at points below the points of attachment of the ends of the first-mentioned folds, the 30 folds on opposite sides of the middle forming pleats which provide fullness between said points of attachment, and the edges of said crotch portion which extend rearwardly from the front of the garment having foldswhich are attached to 35 inner sides of the legs of the garment.

7. An undergarment comprising a crotch portion which is substantially hammock-shaped and provided with folds on its forward edge which are attached to the front of the garment at the mid- 40 dle and at points on opposite sides of the middle, said folds being free between said points of attachment to the front 'to provide fullness in the forward part of said crotch portion, and the front of the garment being provided with folds which 45,

with the first mentioned folds form pleats on opposite sides of the middle of the garment and between the front and the forward part of said crotch portion.

8. An undergarment comprising a crotch por- 50 tion which issubstantially hammock-shaped and has its forward portion folded and the lateral edges of said folded portion sewed to the front of the garment, and the front of the garment being folded so as to form with said folded crotch 55 portion pleats on opposite sides of the middle of the crotch portion to provide fullness in the forward part of the crotch portion between the middle and said sewed portions of the lateral edges.

VINCENT PAoLUccr. 

